UPI: The deadline for the construction of the second phase of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline has been delayed from late 2008 to January 2009. United Press International
YEREVAN, Armenia, Sept. 27 (UPI) — The deadline for the construction of the second phase of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline has been delayed from late 2008 to January 2009.
Arminfo reported Thursday the Armenian Cabinet announced that work on the section from the town of Kajaran to the town of Ararat will be completed next January.
The government instructed gas firm Hayrusgazard to conduct construction and project work simultaneously taking into account environmental concerns, a government statement said.
The Kajaran-Ararat section is 122.65 miles long. Once its complete, Iranian supplies to Armenia will rise from 450 million cubic meters a year to 2.3 billion cu m a year, Arminfo reported.
